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oa Patterns of address in Dili Tetum, East Timor
- Source: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Volume 29, Issue 2, Jan 2006, p. 21.1 - 21.18
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- 01 Jan 2006
Abstract
This article focuses on a detailed description of patterns of address in Dili Tetum today. It outlines the complexities of the address system and points to considerable variation in its evolving presentday use. We find, amongst other things, that a speaker may use a range of address strategies even to the same addressee, and that the use of polite pronouns Ita and Ita-Boot appears to be spreading as the language extends into new domains not previously available to it.
© 2006 John Benjamins Publishing Company